a few things about POA (spoilers)

[annelilucas]

I've seen the film twice now and I really enjoyed it.  Although there
were several things that I think could've been done a lot better, most
of them have already been discussed so I won't bother bringing them up
again.

A few people have mentioned not liking superwoman!Hermione.  I think
that the superwoman stuff pretty much balances out the
patheticgirly!Hermione moments.  She hides her face in Ron or Harry's
chest several times - why does this always happen in films? it really
bugs me this "i'm an emotional woman and cannot deal with this
situation" versus "i'm a strong man and will protect/comfort you". 
There are much fewer female characters than male and Hermione is the
only one with any amount of screen time.  I'm having difficulty
formulating sentences as I haven't had enough sleep, but what I'm
trying to say is something to do with it being good for kids that
there is a strong female character with traits that are not
stereotypically female.

Does anyone know why Crabbe/Goyle (don't know which is which)
disappears halfway through the movie?  The character who replaces him
is part of Malfoy's gang in early scenes, but then gets promoted.  Did
the original actor have an accident or something?

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I only just noticed that
Dan Radcliffe has blue eyes.  I wonder what implications this has for
the theories about the importance/symbolism of the colour green.

Finally, and I think very importantly: what the hell is going on in
the DADA class when Parvati spells the boggart?  It is turned from (in
my opinion) a not-at-all scary snake into a enormous horrible, freaky
clown jack-in-the-box.  How, by any stretch of the imagination could
this be considered to be funny?!  Yes I have a thing about clowns, but
surely there are many less creepy things the boggart could've turned
into?  Does anyone agree?  Am I overreacting here? 

I am fully aware that I have probably just babbled nonsense for
several paragraphs, and if so I'm sorry and can only say that it made
sense when it was in my head.

Anneli